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 My stories usually coincide with people’s real-life stories – Fauziyya D Suleiman

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"yhM8xM8i" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"vhveEk3z" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>From <em><strong>Abubakar Mus&&num;8217&semi;ab Ibrahim<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &comma;Kano<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fauziyya D Suleiman is one of the few Kannywood female story writers who has written over 100 stories for film and she is also a member of the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ana-nigeria&period;com&sol;"> Association of Nigerian Authors<&sol;a> &lpar;ANA&rpar;&period; Fauziyya is also the founder of a foundation that specialized in assisting orphans and the vulnerable&period; In this interview the writer talks about her foundation as well as her writing carrier&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"rH5aoW4K" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Who is Fauziyya D Suleima&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I was born in Fagge in 1981 and I did my primary school in Fagge Festival Primary school&semi; I proceeded to Government Girl&&num;8217&semi;s Secondary School &&num;8216&semi;Yar Gaya where I did my junior secondary school&comma; I then joined Government Girl&&num;8217&semi;s College Dala were I did my SSCE&period; I got married in 1999 and later proceeded with my quest for knowledge where I joined College of Health Sciences&comma; School of Hygiene for assistance nutritionist diploma&comma; I also did a certificate course on Hotel and catering Management in Kano state School of Management Studies and I have also attended series of courses on story writing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I am currently working with Arewa24 as one of the station&&num;8217&semi;s writers contributing in the stories of two of the station&&num;8217&semi;s most popular TV series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How did you get into writing&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Writing has been my passion for quite a long time&comma; I am what you may be called book worm&period; I love reading books&comma; therefore when I began working as a health worker my mind was with writing&comma; and my writing carrier has begun even before I started working&period; Therefore&comma; as I have said earlier I have written my first book when I was just 21 years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Writing has been in me right from my secondary school days and I wrote my first book in 2002 titled &&num;8216&semi;Me nayi mata&&num;8217&semi; and from that book&comma; I wrote over 30 published books before joining the Kannywood film making industry as a story writer&period; I have written over 100 stories that were made into films so far&period; I am also one of the writers of &&num;8216&semi;Dadin Kowa and Kwana Casa&&num;8217&semi;in&&num;8217&semi; TV series aired at Arewa24&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of my works include&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Kishin banza&period; Guduna ake yi&comma; Rayuwar &&num;8216&semi;Ya mace&comma; Mece ce rayuwa&comma; Burin raina&comma; Karshen wahala&comma; Labarin Zuciya&comma; Matsalar mace&comma; Mijin uwa&comma; Me nayi mata&&num;8217&semi; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are your stories all fictional&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yes to some extent but if you are to take a look into most of my writings you will find out that though fictional but they are addressing current issues&period; This is to say that&comma; my stories are currently happening driven&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; some of my stories are true-life stories that had happened to an individual or to group of people&period; It is apparent that&comma; some people will come to you and tell you that they have a true story of either their personal lives or of someone they are closed to that will be good to either write a book on or a storyline for a movie&period; I got some storylines from such incidences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Can you tell us how you got involved in charity work&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It all started in 2014 when a read an announcement seeking assistance for a 17-year-old suffering from a kidney problem&period; I figured out that the young man has a promising future and he was from the same neighborhood as I&comma; I became so concerned and worried&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;16&sol;the-new-trend-of-hausa-film-making-in-nigeria&sol;">The new trend of Hausa film making in Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Without knowing why I was so concerned I took to my social media page as a writer and posted the young man&&num;8217&semi;s issue&period; I was so surprised to see how people reacted positively to my post&comma; people show their willingness to assist the young man and they asked for an account number to deposit their contribution&period; I went to Abdullahi Wase General Hospital where the young man was on admission and collected his bank details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That was how this young man was saved by well-meaning people who do not even know him&period; This singular act has made me believed that there are plenty of people with a good heart to assist others in need&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the success recorded&comma; people now began to seek for medical assistance through my social media page and to God be the glory they used to get the needed attention&period; Gradually we started having issues with people misappropriating the funds gathered in respect to their patient&&num;8217&semi;s needs and we&comma; was advised to formally form a foundation that will monitor and manage funds collected for the patient&&num;8217&semi;s medical treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That was how Creative Helping Needy Foundation was formed&comma; we formerly registered it and we are conducting our activities through the foundation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What would you say are your challenges as a writer&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Personally&comma; I can&&num;8217&semi;t say I have faced many challenges personally because I got married at the age of 19 and I can&&num;8217&semi;t say I have faced many life challenges that I can possibly remember now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; challenges as a writer are so numerous&comma; sometimes you will write a fictional book or a story for movies&comma; and coincidentally it may tally with someone&&num;8217&semi;s personal life&semi; it would be like you are telling someone&&num;8217&semi;s personal life story and that person may feel either bad or happy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On such occasion&comma; I usually receive accolades or condemnations&comma; but I was not deterred&comma; I tried to make them understand that either way it is a coincidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How would you want to be remembered&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I would want the world to remember me as that writer whose work inspired and transform people&&num;8217&semi;s lives for the better as my priority in life is to put a smile on people&&num;8217&semi;s faces through my writings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I have dedicated my time&comma; energy&comma; and resources to see that I came up with stories that&comma; will provide solutions to pressing social ills as well as assist the vulnerable&comma; especially on health-related issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What is your memorable moment&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My memorable moment was when the foundation took up the case of one Murtala who was bedridden for 8 years&period; He suffered a spinal injury and he told us his wish was to be able to move even if it is on a wheelchair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through the efforts of well-meaning people including the wife of President A&&num;8217&semi;isha Buhari about N10million was spent on him and as I speak with you Murtala now moves around in his wheelchair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whenever I thought of how the foundation was able to assist this poor boy in realizing his dream of moving around again&comma; I feel glad that I have been part of someone&&num;8217&semi;s happiness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What is your advice to fellow women&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Women as custodians of societal norms and values should imbibe the habit of assisting others not only their family and friends but also extend such assistance to others as well&period; Women should understand that a brighter society depends on their selfless service to humanity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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